Excerpt from The Theocratic Kingdom Lord Jesus, the Christ, Vol. 1: As Covenanted in the Old Testament, and Presented in the New Testament John the Baptist was not ignorant of the Kingdom that he preached; The hearers of John believed that he preached to them the Kingdom predicted by the prophets, and in the sense held by themselves; The Kingdom was not established under John's ministry; Jesus Christ in His early ministry preached that the Kingdom was "nigh at hand"; The disciples sent forth by Jesus to preach this Kingdom were not ignorant of the meaning to be attached to the Kingdom; The preaching of the Kingdom, being in accordance with that of the predicted Kingdom, raised no controversy between the Jews and Jesus, or between the Jews and His disciples and apostles; The phrases "Kingdom of Heaven," "Kingdom of God," "Kingdom of Christ," etc., denote the same Kingdom; The Kingdom anticipated by the Jews at the First Advent is based on the Abrahamic and Davidic covenants; The Jews had the strongest possible assurances given to them that the Kingdom based on these covenants would be realized; The Kingdom being based on the covenants, the covenants must be carefully examined, and (Prop. 4) the literal language of the same must be maintained; The covenants being, in Revelation, the foundation of the Kingdom, must first be received and appreciated; This Kingdom will be the outgrowth of the renewed Abrahamic covenant, under which renewal we live; The relation that the Kingdom sustains to "the covenants of promise" enables us to appreciate the prophecies pertaining to the Kingdom; The promises pertaining to the Kingdom, as given in the covenants, will be strictly fulfilled; The genealogies of our Lord form an important link in the comprehension of the Kingdom; The preaching of the Kingdom by John, Jesus, and the disciples, was confined to the Jewish nation; It was necessary that Jesus and His disciples should, at first, preach the Kingdom as nigh to the Jewish nation; The Kingdom was not established during the ministry of "the Christ."; This Kingdom was offered to the Jewish nation, but the nation rejected it; Jesus, toward the close of His ministry, preached that the Kingdom was not nigh; This Kingdom of God offered to the Jewish elect nation, lest the purpose of God fail, is to be given to others who are adopted; This Kingdom of God is given, not to nations, but to one nation About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.